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On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

Luke 1:59 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીલૂક ૧:૫૯
આઠમે દિવસે તેઓ છોકરાંની સુન્નત કરવા આવ્યાં, ત્યારે તેઓ તેના પિતાના નામ ઉપરથી તેનું નામ ઝખાર્યા પાડવા માંગતા હતા;
हिन्दीलूका १:५९
और ऐसा हुआ कि आठवें दिन वे बालक का खतना करने आए और उसका नाम उसके पिता के नाम पर जकर्याह रखने लगे। (उत्प. 17:12, लैव्य. 12:3)

In context

57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

60His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”

61They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

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